Sanctions

3   Sanctions, by type of principal offence. 1996-2000
Type of principal offence 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
All types of offence 199 134 215 168 218 149 215 073 206 519
           
Crimes 18 175 17 194 21 128 22 469 21 542
Crime against the Penal Code 15 716 15 357 17 514 18 462 17 050
Crimes against the public authorities 289 309 300 326 346
Assaulting public servant 261 286 265 298 307
Other 28 23 35 28 39
Crime against public order and peace 188 135 171 148 131
Discrimination owing to rase .. - 1 - -
Housebreaking and burglary 183 129 162 144 124
Other .. 6 8 4 7
Crime involving public danger 2 722 2 910 3 974 4 693 4 487
Arson .. 8 3 4 4
Unintentionally causing fire .. - 3 2 -
Crime of narcotics 2 412 2 512 3 614 4 292 4 106
Serious crime of narcotics 304 346 318 356 345
Other .. 44 36 39 32
Perjury and false evidence 71 81 47 47 51
False accusation 54 52 45 54 48
Counterfeiting 3 7 6 21 11
Forgery 585 498 579 674 560
Sexual crime 312 370 443 433 364
Rape 30 35 41 31 25
Attempted rape .. 3 3 2 5
Immoral intercourse with children under 14 years of age 51 64 74 88 85
Immoral intercourse with children under 16 years of age .. 44 48 53 48
Spreading pornography .. 32 39 41 12
Incest .. 2 3 7 2
Other .. 190 235 211 187
Crime concerning family relations 11 9 4 4 9
Crime against the personal liberty 350 421 510 524 465
Crime of violence against the person 2 474 2 274 2 636 2 612 2 423
Assault .. 1 483 1 892 1 853 1 707
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm .. 687 653 656 628
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 4 21 23 23 15
Attempted murder .. 14 7 6 6
Murder 31 24 19 23 21
Manslaughter 36 38 32 43 46
Other .. 7 10 8 -
Slander and label 3 2 - - 1
Embezzlement 301 267 270 265 300
Larceny 4 592 4 677 4 645 4 893 4 312
Simple and minor larceny 1 389 1 520 1 789 1 987 1 815
Aggravated larceny 2 728 2 629 2 480 2 530 2 167
Theft of motor vehicle 459 528 376 376 330
Blackmail and robbery 182 157 134 195 230
Blackmail .. 7 9 9 5
Robbery 124 82 75 137 157
Aggravated robbery 51 64 50 45 68
Blackmail and robbery, various .. 4 - 4 -
Fraud and breach of trust 1 597 1 458 1 603 1 543 1 296
Crime in connection with debts 261 356 399 388 310
Crime inflicting damage to property 648 538 760 626 715
Inflicting slight damage .. 484 700 586 673
Inflicting serious damage .. 50 57 38 42
Breach of trade secrets etc. .. 4 3 2 -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender 1 062 827 983 1 006 988
Receiving stolen goods .. 743 932 980 958
Aggravated receiving stolen goods .. 44 27 22 17
Other .. 40 24 4 13
Other crime against the Penal Code 11 9 5 10 3
           
Crime against Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 1 765 1 472 3 039 3 525 3 893
Use of narcotics .. 930 1 781 2 051 2 442
Possession of narcotics .. 497 1 192 1 463 1 445
Other crime in connection with narcotics .. 45 66 11 6
           
Crime against Act relating to value added tax .. 18 24 18 26
           
Crime against the Assessment Act 294 217 395 283 323
           
Crime against the Duty Act .. 20 17 21 59
           
Crime against the Alcohol legislation .. 125 1 - 116 3
           
Crime against the Military Penal Code .. .. .. 117 150
           
Crime against other acts 400 85 139 26 38
           
Misdemeanours 180 959 197 974 197 008 2192 593 184 977
           
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 7 825 6 603 6 421 6 241 7 503
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property .. 76 95 101 125
Petty larceny 3 289 3 240 3 266 3 112 3 893
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 991 882 877 884 911
Telephone harassment .. 114 96 96 116
Other misdemeanour against the Penal Code 3 545 2 291 2 087 2 048 2 458
           
Traffic misdemeanour 160 315 177 480 175 978 170 382 156 879
Driving under influence of alcohol 4 039 4 274 4 416 24 525 3 983
Other traffic misdemeanour 156 276 173 206 171 562 165 857 152 896
           
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy 2 878 2 418 2 270 2 514 2 872
           
Misdemeanour against the police legislations 1 571 1 306 1 389 1 519 1 454
           
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act 6 146 6 593 7 123 7 807 11 567
           
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 830 11 115 11 407 11 436 1 573
          370
Misdemeanour against Act relating to value added tax .. 189 172 281 370
           
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act .. 118 118 102 135
           
Misdemeanour against other acts 1 394 2 152 2 130 2 311 2 624
           
Unknown offence - - 13 12 -
1  Most sanctions for offences against the Alcohol legislation can not be distributed on crime and misdemeanour cases and are included in misdemeanour cases.
2  See chapter 5.1 in 'About the statistics - criminal sanctions'.

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